"PROPHET OF THE APOCALYPSE" – RICK OWENS – RENEGADES OF FASHION
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RICK OWENS: RENEGADES OF FASHION
by Charlie O’Brien
400 web page illustrated e book.
$20 E book,
$80 Smooth cowl e book,
$120 Exhausting cowl
WRITTEN BY Charlie O’Brien and Paul G Roberts
FILM EDITOR Alannah Rigby
EDITOR By Jess Bregenhoj
RICK OWENS
Rick Owens is the unlikely American Vogue Designer; removed from the Ralph Lauren’s of the world, who’s traditional sportswear has come to outline the healthful American dream; Owens’ imaginative and prescient slightly, gives an introspective perception into the darker components of nature and of man and it’s usually thought, into Owens himself.
To the remainder of the world Owens strikes a mysterious determine, a slender – softly spoken Californian native; an mental little doubt, with working ties to a number of the most esteemed fashions on this planet and but nobody embodies the aesthetic of Rick Owens greater than the person himself. His trademark lengthy locks and a self perpetuating uniform of black, monotones and shades of Gray, cloaked over white sneakers usually attracts essential comparisons to that ominous determine of the loss of life: the Grim Reaper.
This comes as no shock to the New York occasions, with it’s personal Alexander Fury observing that Owens is like “a prophet of the apocalypse” quoting largely “on matters comparable to loss of life, renewal (and) creation”. And but he’s usually thought-about to be honest, thoughtful and pushing sentiments that promote positivity and acceptance in his dealings outdoors of the catwalk.
However past the presence we see backstage, it’s the distinctive methods and deft craftsmanship which have come to outline Rick Owens and for that matter the various designers inside his discipline of affect. Finest recognized for his model of “glunge” a mix of grunge and glamour that provides informal otherworldly class, Owens is a person with quite a lot of tips up his leather-based sleeve.
He’s a prolific designer, producing collections seasonally for his foremost and diffusion strains for women and men bending the gender strains along with his personal model of controversy. However it’s his distressed supplies and uneven leather-based jackets worn by the likes of Kate Moss which have catapulted him to the halls of vogue royalty.
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To the informal outsider the Vogue Trade can seem like a cauldron of creativity with limitless innovation and danger taking, as each new season designers should overlook their previous successes and milestones and return alone to a clean canvas, to create their subsequent assortment, and this cycle repeats itself each 6 months. Granted there are rules, codes, legends and motifs that inform a designer’s company, however primarily it’s beginning over.
Even in case you maintain solely essentially the most informal curiosity on this planet of vogue, it’s laborious to disclaim the fascinating life tales of each particular person we have now chosen to showcase on this Collection.
Starring:
REI KAWAKUBO
HEDI SLIMANE
KENZO TAKADA
ISSEY MIYAKE
JEREMY SCOTT
VIVIENNE WESTWOOD
ALEXANDER MCQUEEN
RICK OWENS
JOHN GALLIANO
MALCOLM MCLAREN
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